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Small businesses ride wave of optimism amid recession
Isabel Gwinn Landgrove profiles three Vermont enterprises led by five local people. The Spaters rebuilt Bromley House into Flamstead of Vermont, while Weston Toy Works expands with Polly Root rebuilding after a fire. Comfort Inc. debuts in Londonderry. Barbara Comfort and Phyllis Borrowman market plastic wares. NFIB April survey shows rising hiring plans among independents, edging ahead of dismissals, with regional variances and cautious optimism.
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Isabel Gwinn Landgrove
Tom
Tory Spater
Bromley House
Flamstead of
Vermont
Main Street
Chester
Spaters
Landgrove
Southwicks
Manchester
House of Walsh
Williamstown
Weston
Rockingham
Peru
Tory
Polly Root
Weston Toy Works
Robert
Robert Root
Polly
Syracuse
N.Y
Springfield
Mass
Fairfield County
Dan
Comfort, Inc
Londonderry
Barbara Comfort
Phyllis Borrowman
Acrylic Designs Company
Hearthstone Village
Atlantic City
Washington, D.C
National Federation of Independent Business
NFIB
Federation
Faculty Associates, Inc
Joseph Fee
New England
Pacific States
East North Central